1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 556及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture.
2、 When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 Using Lyrics to Develop Students Critical Literacy Song lyrics can be used effectively in (1)_ to provide
3、 the voices rarely heard in textbooks and to develop students critical literacy. I. Critical literacy schools are places where students come to understand how and why knowledge and power are constructed critical literacy involves “(2)_the world“ the use of song lyrics is a “pre-reading strategy“ to
4、activate or build on students (3)_knowledge of content II. The types of song examples folk, alternative rock, rock, rhythm and blues, soul, and hip-hop common (4)_: the portrayal of events or circumstances through their storytelling or poetic presentation III. The main topics 1. Environment Tracy Ch
5、apmans song “The Rape of the World“ : (5)_of the environment Marvin Gayes “Mercy, Mercy Me“ exploration of these songs promotes critical conversations about the environment 2. US history Bob Marleys “Buffalo Soldier“ : The (6)_of the 19th century fought after the Civil War The freed slaves patriotis
6、m Woody Guthries “Ludlow Massacre“ : The 1914 massacre of poor miners in Colorado by the mining company 3. (7)_ how the underclass is often treated Tracy Chapmans “Subcity“ : how (8)_see the relationships between government , big business and their unrewarded efforts Nanci Griffiths “Trouble in the
7、Fields“ ; the difficulties faced by (9)_ 4. Racism and racial issues “ Your Racist Friend,“ by They Might Be Giants; a song that begin the issues in classrooms. Bruce Hornsbys “The Way It Is. “ a song refers to the (10)_ about the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In th
8、is section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 Which of the
9、 following is CORRECT about the accident? （ A） The young lady was thrown through the windscreen. （ B） The young lady didnt wear a seatbelt despite Simpsons advice. （ C） The two passengers were driven to hospital by Mr. Simpson. （ D） Simpsons wife got more serious injuries than the young lady. 12 Mr.
10、 Simpson stopped at the pedestrian crossing because （ A） the lighting was very good along the stretch. （ B） he was riding with two ladies at the moment. （ C） he wanted to ensure the safety of two passers-by. （ D） he was a new driver who tends to be cautious. 13 What leads the policeman to believe th
11、at Mr. Simpson didnt drink alcohol before driving? （ A） A breathalyzer test. （ B） A blood test. （ C） The certainty of his claim. （ D） No smell of wine in his breath. 14 What is the most probable cause of the accident? （ A） Mr. Simpsons speeding. （ B） The two pedestrians at the junction. （ C） The oth
12、er drivers drunk driving. （ D） Mr. Simpsons drank driving. 15 What will Mr. Simpson probably do after being asked all the questions by the policeman? （ A） Meet his wife in the hospital. （ B） Take his wife to hospital by taxi. （ C） Write a written statement to the police. （ D） Have his damaged car re
13、paired. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 Which institute has brought its first charges against Sa
14、ddam Hussein? （ A） The Iraqi government. （ B） The Iraqi state council. （ C） The Iraqi Special Tribunal. （ D） The U.S. military court. 17 In which year was Saddams convoy attacked when he travelled through the town of Dujayl? （ A） 1980. （ B） 1983. （ C） 1984. （ D） 1982. 17 Christmas is a sad season. T
15、he phrase came to Charlie an instant after the alarm clock had woken him and named for him an amorphous depression that had troubled him all the previous even hag. The sky outside his window was black. He sat up in-bed and pulled the light chain that hung in front of his nose. Christmas is a very sa
16、d day of the year, he thought. Of all the millions of people in New York, I am practically the only one who has to get up in the cold black of 6 a.m. on Christmas Day in the morning; I am practically the only one. He dressed, and when he went downstairs from the top floor of the rooming house in whi
17、ch he lived, the only sounds he heard were the coarse sounds of sleep; the only lights burning were lights that had been forgotten. Charlie ate some breakfast in an all-night lunch wagon and took an elevated train uptown. From Third Avenue, he walked over to Sutton Place. The neighbourhood was dark.
18、 House after house put into the shine of the streetlights a wall of black windows. Millions and millions were sleeping, and this general loss of consciousness generated an impression of abandonment, as if this were the fall of the city, the end of time. He opened the iron-and-glass doors of the apar
19、tment building where he had been working for six months as an elevator operator, and went through the elegant lobby to a locker room at the back. He put on a striped vest with brass buttons, a false ascot, a pair of pants with a light blue stripe on the seam, and a coat. The night elevator man was d
20、ozing on the little bench in the car. Charlie woke him. The night elevator man told him thickly that the day doorman had been taken sick and wouldnt be in that day. With the doorman sick, Charlie wouldnt have any relief for lunch, and a lot of people would expect him to whistle for cabs. Charlie had
21、 been on duty a few minutes when 14 rang-Mrs. Hewing, who, he happened to know, was kind of immoral. Mrs, Hewing hadnt been to bed yet, and she got into the elevator wearing a long dress under her fur coat. She was followed by her two funny looking dogs. He took her down and watched her go out into
22、the dark and take her dogs to the curb. She was outside for only a few minutes. Then she came in and he took her up to 14 again. When she got off the elevator, she said, “Merry Christmas, Charlie.“ “Well, it isnt much a holiday for me, Mrs. Hewing,“ he said. “I think Christmas is a very sad season o
23、f the year. It isnt that people around here aint generous-I mean I got plenty of tips-but, you see, I live alone in a furnished room and I dont have any family or anything, and Christmas isnt much of a holiday for me.“ “Im sorry, Charlie,“ Mrs. Hewing said. “I dont have any family myself, It is kind
24、 of sad when youre alone, isnt it?“ she called her dogs and followed them into her apartment. He went down. It was quiet then, and Charlie lit a cigarette. The heating plant in the basement encompassed the building at that hour in a regular and profound vibration, and the sullen noises of arriving s
25、team heat began to resound, first in the lobby and then to reverberate up through all the sixteen stories, but this was a mechanical awakening, and it didnt lighten his loneliness or his petulance. The black air outside the glass doors had begun to turn blue, but the blue light seemed to have no sou
26、rce; it appeared in the middle of the air. It was a tearful light, and he wanted to cry. Then a cab drove up, and the Walsers got out, drunk and dressed in evening clothes, and he took them up to their penthouse. The Walsers got him to brood about the difference between his life in a furnished room
27、and the lives of the people overhead. It was terrible. 18 All the following statements may account for the sadness felt by Charlie on Christmas EXCEPT_. （ A） he had to get up early to work on Christmas morning （ B） he felt lonely （ C） he had a sense of inferiority （ D） he was poor 19 It can be infer
28、red that people living in the building where Charlie worked were_. （ A） poor people （ B） rich people （ C） immoral people （ D） drunkards 20 Which of the following is NOT true about Charlies work? （ A） Charlie had to commute to his workplace. （ B） Charlie could get some tips by serving others. （ C） Op
29、erating elevator was Charlies main duty. （ D） Whistling for cabs was part of Charlies regular work. 21 What does “It“ in the last sentence refer to? （ A） The weather. （ B） Christmas. （ C） Charlies feeling. （ D） The difference between his life and the lives of the people overhead. 一、 PART III GENERAL
30、 KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the _and the North Sea in the_. （ A） south; north （ B） southeast; northeast （ C） east; north （ D
31、） south; east 23 All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly （ A） prolific. （ B） artistic. （ C） optimistic. （ D） pessimistic. 24 Sapir-Whorf s hypothesis meditate on the relationship between _. （ A） language and thought （ B） mind and speech （ C） language and society （
32、 D） society and thought 25 The word smog is a product of_. （ A） Invention （ B） compounding （ C） abbreviation （ D） blending 26 Which of the following works was written by Robert Browning? （ A） My Last Duchess （ B） David Copperfield （ C） An Ideal Husband （ D） Under the Greenwood Tree 27 A (n) _ is a u
33、nit that is of distinctive value. It is an abstract unit, a collection of distinctive phonetic features. （ A） phone （ B） sound （ C） allophone （ D） phoneme 28 Which of the following countries has the most immigrants? （ A） The U.K. （ B） The U.S. （ C） Australia. （ D） New Zealand. 29 Gender is mostly a
34、category of the noun and pronoun. In English, the gender distinctions are determined _; in French, they are _. （ A） grammatically; arbitrary （ B） free; determined by the biological gender （ C） arbitrarily; fixed （ D） by the biological gender; grammatical 30 Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound,
35、is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from （ A） the Bible. （ B） a German legend. （ C） a Greek play. （ D） One Thousand and One Nights. 31 _ is the study of word formation and the internal structure of words. （ A） Semantics （ B） Syntax （ C） Morphology （ D） Phonology 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING h
36、ow many times have we read in articles that they really represent an English “tradition“ after all. To speak of American literature, then, is not to assert that it is completely unlike that of Europe. Broadly speaking, America and Europe have kept step. At any given moment the traveler could find ex
37、amples in both of the same architecture, the same style in dress, the same books on the shelves. Ideas have crossed the Atlantic as freely as men and merchandise, though sometimes more slowly. When I refer to American habit, thoughts, etc. , I intend some sort of qualification to precede the word, f
38、or frequently the difference between America and Europe (especially England) will be one of degree, sometimes only of a small degree. The amount of divergence is a subtle affair, liable to perplex the Englishman when he looks at America. He is looking at a country which in important senses grew out
39、of his own, which in several ways still resembles his own and which is yet a foreign country. There are odd overlappings and abrupt unfamiliarities; kinship yields to a sudden alienation, as when we hail a person across the street, only to discover from his blank response that we have mistaken a str
40、anger for a friend. 三、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 As more and more students are admitted into universities, campus disciplines have become a hot topic. Some universities adopt a very strict approach, banning such behaviors a
41、s skipping classes, along with some too intimate behaviors between student lovers. Some students protest that these requirements are not suitable, for they are no longer high school students who need close supervision. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: My O
42、pinion on Campus Disciplines In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be
43、 awarded for content, organization, grammar and appr9priateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 556答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lectu
44、re ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-fil
45、ling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 0 【听力原文】 Using Lyrics to Develop Students Critical Literacy Good morning, everyone. Today we are going to talk about song lyrics as texts to develop students critical literacy. Lyrics and music of popular songs can represent alterna
46、tive perspectives to the dominant ideologies of a particular time or place. (1) As such, they can be used effectively in classrooms to provide the voices rarely heard in textbooks. Critical theorists describe schools as places in which students should come to understand how and why knowledge and pow
47、er are constructed. (2) Critical literacy, one application of critical theory, involves “reading the world“ : understanding how we encode power structures, and our role in these processes. Within this framework, reading has the potential to transform and to assist in preparing students for participa
48、tion in a democratic society. From a reading methods perspective, the use of these song lyrics was a “pre-reading strategy“ ; (3)It served to activate or build on students prior knowledge of content to be learned. Along with literacy educators and researchers, social studies and science educators ar
49、gue for instruction that is based on critical literacy. They explain that by disrupting typical ways of doing and writing about science, for example, science will become embedded in the lives of students. Using popular culture in social studies gives children the opportunity to identify and critique power relationships, an essential process in a democracy. The lyrics I use as examples are drawn from songs of various types, inc
